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Simona Ghetti is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans several fields of study, with a primary focus on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Among the subfields addressed in their research are cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, genetics, and physiology.

The scientist's work explores a variety of main topics including:

  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Diabetes and Associated Disorders
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy

Simona Ghetti has contributed several papers to the academic community, with notable recent publications including:

  • Cognitive Function Following Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children With New-Onset or Previously Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes (2020) published in Diabetes Care
  • Frequency and Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury During Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children and Association With Neurocognitive Outcomes (2020) published in JAMA Network Open
  • Neural Development of Memory and Metamemory in Childhood and Adolescence: Toward an Integrative Model of the Development of Episodic Recollection (2020) published in Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
  • Response latencies and eye gaze provide insight on how toddlers gather evidence under uncertainty (2020) published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • Cognitive function following diabetic ketoacidosis in young children with type 1 diabetes (2023) published in Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism

The scientist frequently publishes in certain venues, with several publications in:

  • Child Development
  • Cognitive Development
  • PEDIATRICS
  • Diabetes Care
  • JAMA Network Open

Coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Simona Ghetti include Nicole Glaser, Nathan Kuppermann, Arleta Rewers, Sage R. Myers, and T. Charles Casper.

Best Publications

  • A Prospective Study of Memory for Child Sexual Abuse New Findings Relevant to the Repressed-Memory Controversy

    Gail S. Goodman;Simona Ghetti;Jodi A. Quas;Robin S. Edelstein

  • Neural changes underlying the development of episodic memory during middle childhood.

    Simona Ghetti;Silvia A. Bunge

  • The development of recollection and familiarity in childhood and adolescence: evidence from the dual-process signal detection model.

    Simona Ghetti;Laura Angelini

  • Developmental Differences in Medial Temporal Lobe Function during Memory Encoding

    Simona Ghetti;Dana M. DeMaster;Andrew P. Yonelinas;Silvia A. Bunge;Silvia A. Bunge

  • Traumatic Impact Predicts Long-Term Memory for Documented Child Sexual Abuse

    Kristen Weede Alexander;Jodi A. Quas;Gail S. Goodman;Simona Ghetti;Simona Ghetti

  • False memories in children and adults: age, distinctiveness, and subjective experience.

    Simona Ghetti;Jianjian Qin;Gail S. Goodman

  • Clinical Trial of Fluid Infusion Rates for Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis.

    Nathan Kuppermann;Simona Ghetti;Jeff E. Schunk;Jeff E. Schunk;Michael J. Stoner

  • Structural Development of the Hippocampus and Episodic Memory: Developmental Differences Along the Anterior/Posterior Axis

    Dana DeMaster;Thanujeni Pathman;Joshua K. Lee;Simona Ghetti

  • The Development of Uncertainty Monitoring in Early Childhood

    Kristen E. Lyons;Simona Ghetti

  • Effect of general anesthesia in infancy on long-term recognition memory in humans and rats

    Greg Stratmann;Joshua Lee;Jeffrey W. Sall;Bradley H. Lee

  • Developmental differences in hippocampal and cortical contributions to episodic retrieval.

    Dana M. DeMaster;Simona Ghetti

  • Volume of hippocampal subfields and episodic memory in childhood and adolescence.

    Joshua K. Lee;Arne D. Ekstrom;Simona Ghetti

  • Early metacognitive abilities: The interplay of monitoring and control processes in 5- to 7-year-old children

    Nesrin Destan;Emily Hembacher;Simona Ghetti;Claudia M. Roebers

  • Childhood sexual assault victims: long-term outcomes after testifying in criminal court.

    Jodi A Quas;Gail S Goodman;Simona Ghetti;Kristen W Alexander

  • Diabetic ketoacidosis and memory dysfunction in children with type 1 diabetes.

    Simona Ghetti;Joshua K. Lee;Clare E. Sims;Dana M. DeMaster

  • Don’t Look at My Answer: Subjective Uncertainty Underlies Preschoolers’ Exclusion of Their Least Accurate Memories

    Emily Hembacher;Simona Ghetti

  • Neurodevelopmental correlates of true and false recognition.

    Pedro M. Paz-Alonso;Simona Ghetti;Sarah E. Donohue;Gail S. Goodman

  • Memory for nonoccurrences: The role of metacognition

    Simona Ghetti;Simona Ghetti

  • Individual Differences in Emotional Memory: Adult Attachment and Long-Term Memory for Child Sexual Abuse

    Robin S. Edelstein;Simona Ghetti;Jodi A. Quas;Gail S. Goodman

  • I don't want to pick! Introspection on uncertainty supports early strategic behavior.

    Kristen E. Lyons;Simona Ghetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia A. Bunge
Silvia A. Bunge University of California, Berkeley
Gail S. Goodman
Gail S. Goodman University of California, Davis
Allison D. Redlich
Allison D. Redlich George Mason University
Jodi A. Quas
Jodi A. Quas University of California, Irvine
Robin S. Edelstein
Robin S. Edelstein University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cesare Cornoldi
Cesare Cornoldi University of Padua
Marjorie Solomon
Marjorie Solomon University of California, Davis
Elisa Ciaramelli
Elisa Ciaramelli University of Bologna
Michael C. Anderson
Michael C. Anderson University of Cambridge
Patricia J. Bauer
Patricia J. Bauer Emory University

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